Project Overview


Title: A Digital Story of the Events that Led to the Revolutionary War
Grade Level: 2
Subject Area: Social Studies
Time Frame (when, duration): First Quarter, Two Weeks

Description


Summer: Complete the first four sections
Workshops: Complete the entire proposal or modify to your district and/or school's guidelines

Arizona Content Standards may be found at:
http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp
Language from Bloom's Taxonomy for describing student outcomes may be found at:
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

Summary of Unit
A brief snapshot, as if
someone asked you to
briefly and clearly
describe the intent of the
lesson or project.


In this unit, the students will learn of the events that led to the Revolutionary War. They will focus on Immigration from England, Life in the New World, The Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Revolutionary War, and the Declaration of Independence. After learning about each of these events the students will assist in the creation of an iMovie to retell the events that led to the War. The students will collaborate with teams to create a picture of their assigned event as well as a description of the event to add to the movie.
Essential Questions
What will guide student
inquiry?


1. What effect did the Revolutionary War have on the thirteen original colonies?
2. What are the major historical events that led to our country's independence?
3. What can we learn about our country from studying past people, places, and events?
Academic Standards
Include technology.
Use district standards
where applicable,
targeting performance
objectives you will
assess.


Academic:
TSW describe how the U.S. became an independent country.
TSW retell stories to describe past events, people, and places.
TSW describe the significance of national holidays.

Technology:
TSW identify and apply cooperative group rules to effectively collaborate in a classroom digital learning project. (S2, C2, PO1)
Objectives
What will students learn
and do?


TSW collaborate to create an iMovie describing the historical events leading up to the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence.
Assessment
Checklist, Presentation,
Oral Response, Rubric,
Test, Quiz, etc.


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Prerequisite Knowledge
(e.g., content,
technology, etc.)


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Procedures for Lesson
- Steps in the process
- Responsibilities
- Guiding
- Questions
- Student products


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Tools and Resources
- Computers
- Software
- URLs
- ameras
- Presentation Device
- Handouts, Books
- Supplies, Other


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Learning Environments
- Location
- Teacher / Student roles
- Group Dynamics
- Interactions with experts,
other educators, etc.,
if applicable


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Modifications
Special Ed, Gifted, ELL


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